How United Was India’s Reaction To The Outbreak Of The Second World War In 1939? Flashcards
When did India enter the war?
September 3 1939
Who entered the war on behalf of India?
Linlithgow
How did India enter the war?
Unilaterally
How many people did Linlithgow enter in the war unilaterally?
300 million Indians
What did Gandhi urge the British to do about the ww2?
Negotiate with Hitler, using peaceful means
Congress reaction to the outbreak of the war:
Withdrew the ministries from provinces where it had a majority
Why had demands of Purna Swaraj fallen on deaf ears?
Preoccupied with the war
What did all Congress leaders order all Congress member to do?
To resign from provincial ministries throughout India
Day of Deliverance: (2)
- 22 December 1939 - day the last Congress provincial ministry abandoned its posts
- Called on all Muslims to celebrate their release form Hindu bondage
When was the Lahore Resolution?
March 1940
How many Muslims did Jinnah call to the Lahore Resolution?
100,000 Muslims
What did the Lahore Resolution discuss?
The basic principles of any new constitution for India
Two main proposals of the Lahore Resolution:
- Areas of the subcontinent where Muslims were in the majority should be grouped to form separate independent states
- That minorities had to be protected, whether the people concerned were living in Muslim - or Hindu-dominated series
What word was relentlessly said during the Lahore Resolution?
‘Separate
Reaction of Congress to the Lahore Resolution:
A battle of words between Jinnah and Gandhi
How did Gandhi describe the Lahore Resolution?
Tantamount to the vivisection of India
What broke out as a result of the Lahore resolution?
Mini-satyagrahas
What occurred in May 1940?
Linlithgow and Jinnah discussed a range of issues relating to India and the war
What proposals did the August offer entail? (3)
- ‘Representative’ Indians would join his Executive Council
- A War Advisory Council would be established that would include the princes and other interested parties
- An assurance that the government would not adopt any new constitution without the prior approval of Muslim India
When did Bose leave Congress?
1939
What did Bose form?
Forward Bloc Party
What was the Forward Bloc Party?
A terrorist organisation aimed at getting the British to quit India
When was Bose arrested due to suspicion of treason?
July 1940
When did Bose escape prison?
January 1941
Where did Bose travel to first and who did he speak to?
Soviet Union to attempt to persuade Stalin to support the Indian Independence
Why did Stalin not support Nehru’s idea?
Stalin was coping with the first stages of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and supporting Indian Independence was not one of his priorities
Where did Bose travel to after Russia?
Germany
What did the British ban because of Bose?
Banned the Forward Bloc and its publications
What did Hitler fear?
Any collapse of the British Raj in India would lead to Russia moving into the power vacuum created in the subcontinent
Where did Hitler send Bose?
Japan
What did Bose form whilst in Japan?
Indian National Army (INA)
Who made up the INA?
Indian prisoners of war taken by the Japanese
How did Japan use the INA?
to spy on India
What happened to these INA spies?
Many Indian authorities were able to notice them and many became double agents or simply took the train home
